This rant is set off by hearing that gang members have put the son of a friend of mine who lives on a rez in the hospital. What have we come to when our children are joining criminal gangs? I watched the predictable reactions. Kick them off the rez. Lock them up. They are nothing but thugs. Nothing but thugs? They are us. Were they born that way? If not, how did they get that way? That rez, like many others, has an unemployment rate that would take your breath away. More people are not working than are.Get the Story:
Steve Russell: Is There Life After 30 on the Rez? (Indian Country Today 7/5)
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